Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Thursday, April 28, 2022

By Tim Murphy

spring evening

pensioners dance Sevillanas

on the park bandstand


Tim Murphy

By B.A. France

dried petals 

of the chrysanthemum

still remembering


B.A. France

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

flower in the wind

losing petals but open

to the sun


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Gregory Lanzo

submerged heads

searching seafloor

snorkeling for crabs


Gregory Lanzo

By Lucia Cardillo

beach at sunset ...

my shadow stretches

among seashells


Lucia Cardillo

Monday, April 25, 2022

By Nika

dandelion wine

older than I remember

former loves


Nika

By Muskaan Ahuja

soaring seagull—

the shape 

of her eyebrows 


Muskaan Ahuja

By Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

pebble eyes copper scales—

we never went fishing

but I wanted to


Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

By Bernadette O'Reilly

welcome home

a spider waits 

beside the door


Bernadette O'Reilly

By Nudurupati Nagasri

multiverse

traveling through black holes

karma's boomerang


Nudurupati Nagasri

By Adele Evershed

hospital visit—

I travel the dark river

of her wrist


Adele Evershed

By Juliet Wilson

dark matter–

the weight

of family secrets


Juliet Wilson

By Maya Daneva

unexpected door ring

I hide the spider

under the welcome mat


Maya Daneva

By Tina Mowrey

snowfall

guessing

the season


Tina Mowrey

By Alex Lanzo

swirling colors

around our bait

rainbow trout


Alex Lanzo

By Tuyet Van Do

midnight

crickets serenade

a restless soul


Tuyet Van Do

By John Pappas

so still at the end of the dock a white heron


John Pappas

By Sushama Kapur

could I steal it forever this petrichor


Sushama Kapur